About this role
Job Requirements
Position Summary
The Principal Engineer serves as the senior technical authority responsible for technical excellence, solution development, engineering governance, technical capability building, proposal support, and thought leadership. The role drives engineering quality, develops technical talent, and supports business growth through domain expertise and innovation.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership
- Provide technical leadership across projects, programs, and strategic initiatives.
- Lead technical reviews, deliverable approvals, and engineering governance activities.
- Establish and maintain technical standards, methodologies, and best practices.
- Drive technical problem solving, root cause analysis, and quality improvements.
- Serve as the escalation point for complex technical challenges.
Capability Development
- Build and enhance technical capability across teams.
- Develop technical training materials, case studies, standards, and reusable assets.
- Establish and maintain competency development plans.
- Mentor technical reviewers, technical leaders, and future engineering experts.
- Support technical assessments and competency evaluations across engineering populations.
Quality & Engineering Excellence
- Conduct and approve technical and deliverable reviews.
- Ensure adherence to engineering processes, quality expectations, and customer requirements.
- Monitor quality metrics, technical review effectiveness, defects, and escape rates.
- Drive improvements in first-time quality and engineering maturity.
Customer & Business Support
- Lead technical discussions with customers and stakeholders.
- Support technical proposals, solution development, campaigns, and business pursuits.
- Participate in governance reviews, capability presentations, and workshops.
- Leverage technical expertise to secure pilot projects, TEDs, and new engagements.
- Represent organizational technical capabilities to customers and industry partners.
Innovation & Thought Leadership
- Develop technical collateral, white papers, technical publications, and industry presentations.
- Drive technology demonstrators, innovation initiatives, and continuous improvement projects.
- Establish credibility as a recognized Subject Matter Expert (SME) within the industry.
- Participate in external technical communities, forums, and industry working groups.
Talent Development & Hiring
- Coach and mentor engineers across all levels.
- Conduct technical interviews and support hiring decisions.
- Define technical skill requirements for new opportunities and organizational growth.
- Strengthen the organization’s technical reviewer and SME pipeline.
Key Success Metrics
- Technical Review Effectiveness
- Quality Index and Engineering Maturity
- FTY and Defect Reduction
- Technical Capability Growth
- Knowledge Asset Creation
- Training and Mentorship Effectiveness
- Customer Satisfaction
- Proposal Win Support
- Innovation Contributions
- Industry Recognition and Thought Leadership
Work Experience
Required Technical Competencies
- Deep Engineering Domain Expertise
- Systems Thinking
- Technical Review & Governance
- Problem Solving and Root Cause Analysis
- Solution Development
- Innovation Leadership
- Stakeholder Communication
- Mentoring and Coaching
- Technical Risk Management